¡ 64. The harbor and lumber master shall account quarterly with the auditor, for all moneys received by him, by virtue of this ordinance, and upon such accounting the auditor shall certify to the treasurer the amount of moneys in the hands of the harbor and lumber master who shall thereupon pay over such moneys to the treasurer. § 65. It shall be the duty of the harbor and lumber master to prosecute all offenders against the provisions of this ordinance. Passsed by the board of aldermen, December 28, 1835. JAMES P. SPENCER, President. APPROVED January 9, 1836. JOHN F. DARBY, Mayor. QUARANTINE. SEC. 1. Penalty on persons having charge of boats who bring to this city, persons infected with the small pox. 2. Mayor may cause boats to perform quarantine, in certain cases. 3. Penalty on persons having charge of boats, and who conceal cases of small pox. 4. Who the proper officers of the city, under this ordinance. 5. Practising physicians to report cases of small pux, or other contagious diseases. 6. Penalty on persons who inoculate for the small pox. An ordinance more effectually to preserve the health of the city, and for the performance of quarantine, in certain cases. Be it ordained by the mayor and board of aldermen of the city of St. Louis, as follows: § 1. That if any owner, master, or other person, having charge or command of any steamboat, ferry-boat, or any other boat,shall land, or bring on shore, or cause or suffer to be landed or brought on shore, any person infected with the small pox, or any part or parcel of their goods or effects, within ten miles of the city of St. Louis, and in the state of Missouri, without obtaining a license so to do, from the mayor or health officer of the city, shall pay a fine of five hundred dollars, recoverable before any tribunal having jurisdiction thereof, for the use of the city. § 2. If from information, or by any other means, the mayor shall have cause to suspect that any steam, or other boat, is about to land, or has landed, within the limits of the city, or within ten miles thereof, with the small pox on board, or whose crew and passengers may have been lately exposed to the infection of the small pox, it shall be his duty to order an examination by the health officer, or some respectable physician, and if upon such examination it should be the opinion of such officer, or physician, that it would be unsafe to the city that such boat be permitted to land her passengers, crew or cargo, he shall thereupon cause the said boat to ascend or descend the river, to the distance of at least five miles from the city, and there perform quarantine, for any number of days not exceeding thirty, as in the opinion of the health officer, or physician, shall be deemed expedient And if any master, or person having charge of such boat, shall fail or refuse to descend the river, as herein directed, or perform quarantine as directed by such officer, he shall forfeit the sum of one thousand dollars, recoverable by an action of debt, brought against said master, owner, or boat. §3. Be it further ordained, That if any master or other person, having command of any boat, as aforesaid, at the time of inquiry by such officer, shall have on board any person infected as aforesaid, and shall knowingly conceal the same, or shall not make a true and just discovery to the health officer, or physician, of the sickly and disordered state of all and every person, or persons on board, from the time. said boat departed from the port, or place, whence she came, to the time of said inquiry, and of all other particulars necessary for said officer or physician to know respecting the premises, such master, or other person, having the command of such boat, shall forfeit and pay five hundred dollars for every such offence, recoverable by an action of debt, brought against the master, owner, or boat. § 4. The proper officers of the city, within the meaning of this ordinance, shall be such persons as the mayor, under his hand and the seal of the city, shall appoint; and each of said officers shall receive for each visit by them made, to any boat under the directions of this ordinance, the sum of five dollars, to be paid by the city. § 5. Be it further ordained, That it shall be the duty of every practising physician within this city, to report to the mayor of the city every case of the small pox, or other contagious disease, which he may be called to attend, within the limits of the city, or ten miles of the same, within twelve hours after he shall have examined the patient, and on failure so to do, he shall forfeit the sum of ten dollars, recoverable as aforesaid, for the use of the city. § 6. Be it further ordained, That if any physician, or other person, shall inoculate for the small pox, within the limits of the city, or within ten miles thereof, he, she, or they, so offending, shall, for every such offence, forfeit the sum of five hundred dollars, recoverable as aforesaid, for the use of the city. Passed by the board of aldermen, July 22, 1835. JAMES P. SPENCER, President. APPROVED, 15th August, 1835. JOHN F. DARBY, Mayor. VACCINATION. An ordinance for the prevention of contagious diseases, and for the more effectual vaccination of the inhabitants of the city of St. Louis. SEC. 1. Health officer to be appointed-tenure of office. 2. Duties of health officer. 3. Further duties of health officer. 4. Health officer to vaccinate all persons who have not been vaccinated. 5. Duties of Health officer when a case of small pox is reported. 6. Health officer to attend on small pox patients. 7. Compensation of health officer. 8. Penalty on health officer for neglect. 9. Health officer to make semi-annual reports. 10. Health officer to attend the sick at the hospital. 11. Sick sent to the hospital having recovered, health officer to notify the register thereof. Be it ordained by the mayor and board of aldermen of the city of St. Louis, as follows: § 1. That it shall be the duty of the mayor, by and with the advice and consent of the board of aldermen, in the month of April in each year to appoint some practising physician of this city, to be called the health officer of the city of St. Louis, who shall hold his office for the term of one year, and until his successor be appointed, who shall also be the physician of the small pox hospital. § 2. It shall be the duty of said health officer, at all times when practicable, to keep a sufficient supply of genuine vaccine matter, for the use of the inhabitants of the city of St. Louis. § 3. It shall be the duty of the said health officer to visit every house in this city, as often as it may become necessary, and at least once every year, and effectually vaccinate with genuine vaccine matter, all the occupants of the same, who shall not have been vaccinated with genuine matter, or who may not previously have had the small pox. §4. It shall be the duty of the said health officer to vaccinate all persons, inhabitants of the city of St. Louis, free of any charge, who shall call on him for that purpose. § 5. It shall be the duty of said health officer, so soon as any case of small pox shall be reported to be within the city, to repair forthwith to the place or vicinity in which such case may be, and examine and make enquiry whether all the persons in the vicinity have been vaccinated, and if not, immediately to vaccinate such as may not have had the small pox, or been vaccinated with genuine vaccine matter, and shall immediately thereafter report to the board of health, all such new cases of small pox as shall have come under his observation. 6. It shall be the duty of the said health officer to attend the persons infected, as aforesaid, and removed by the authority of them ayor, during the continuance of the said disease. § 7. The said health officer shall be entitled to receive for his services the sum of four hundred dollars per annum, to be paid quarterly, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. . § 8 For each and every wilful neglect, or omission of duty, the said health officer shall forfeit and pay for the use of the city of St. Louis, the sum of fifty dollars. § 9. It shall be the duty of said health officer, to make semi-annual reports to the board of aldermen of this city, on the first Mondays of March and September, in each and every year, showing, as nearly as may be, the number of persons vaccinated by him, their age, sex, and color, and whether residents of the city, or otherwise, together with the number of persons, with their age, sex, and color, who may have had the small pox, and the number of deaths which may have occurred from either of these causes, and such other information on the subject of vaccination, or the small pox, as to him may appear proper. § 10. The health officer of the city of St. Louis,shall attend the sick, sent by the city to the hospital,under the care of the Sisters of Charity, and to that effect he shall visit the said hospital at least once in every day. § 11. That whenever any sick person, sent as aforesaid, by the city to the said hospital, shall have so far recovered his health as to render further attendance upon him unnecessary,it shall be the duty of the health officer to certify the fact to the register of the city, and to the superintendant of said hospital, and immediately thereupon all allowance made by the city for the support of such convalescent, shall cease and determine. Passed by the board of aldermen, July 22, 1835. APPROVED, 15th August, 1835. JAMES P. SPENCER, President. CONTRACT FOR GAS LIGHT. Anordinance authorizing the mayor to contract for lighting the city with gas. SEC. 1. Mayor authorized to contract for lighting the city with gas-terms. 2. Contract to be binding when approved by the board of aldermen.` Be it ordained by the mayor and board of aldermen of the city of St. Louis, as follows: § 1. The Mayor is authorized to enter into contract, in behalf of the city, for lighting the city with carburetted hydrogen gas, with Charles Garnier, and such other persons as he shall name, upon the following principles, to wit: First. The city grant to Charles Garnier, or to such company as he may choose to organize, under the name of "The St. Louis Gas-Work Company," by ordinance, the exclusive privilege of lighting the city with gas, for and during the term of twenty-five years. Second. The city will permit the said Garnier, or company, to take as much water from the water works of the, city as shall be necessary for carrying on the operations of generating and purifying the gas, during the whole of the said term of twenty-five years, free of charge: Provided, That the quantity of water to be thus taken, shall not exceed one hundred gallons a day, and that the said Garnier, or company, shall pay the expense of conducting the water to their gas establish ment. Third. The said Garnier, or company, shall furnish, provide, set up, lay, keep in good repair, at their own proper cost and expense, the street-lamps, lamp-posts, gas-metres and the gas-pipes, leading from the main pipe to the lamps, and shall set up the said lamps at whatever place the board of aldermen shall, by resolution, direct; the whole to be of the best quality of work and materials now in use; and the city will pay to the said Garnier, or company, an annual interest on the original cost of the said posts, lamps, pipes and metres, of eight per cent. و Fourth. The city will pay to the said Garnier, or company, one cent for each cubic foot of gas consumed by the street lamps of the city; the payment to be made quarter-yearly. Fifth. The said Garnier, or company, shall not charge more than one cent for each cubic foot of gas consumed by the inhabitants of the |